The Meeker herald., 1887-04-09
Meeting 81 ~. Stock A..ee,.sso..

Pursuant to announcement the an.
nual meeting Of the White River Stock
Growers Association WAS held In
Meeksr on Tuesday. April 7. 1857.
President A. j. Gregory called the
meeting 10 order at 10 a. IN. and In the
absence Of Secretary Brasher Mr.. John
j. Niblock was appointed secretary pro
TEN
Tho following members were In at
tendance either in person or by proxy:
Z. 4. Aver. \. ". Davis, T.. Flemming,
A. j. Gregory. 5. 8. Green lby +. IL.
Hebron. proxy. John J. Mckee. A.
Latham. W. u. Loring. Joe Luxen, q.
T. I.imbcrg tby +. J. Hills, proxy. W.
IL. Miller. Hen Price. T.. A. Proctor.
IL. G. Rock. A. J. Ryan, A. g.
Hatch. A. H. Hanksy tby ". +.
Dcndy, proxy), Harry B~akes. tby Jas.
Fapp. proxy. W. W. Cav. Howard
Miller tby Thos. N. Skerritt, proxyl.
The minutes OF the last annual meet
Ing, held April .. 1885. and the meeting
Of November -, lss6, were read and ap-
proved.
The Treasurer's report, showing u
cash balance on hand Of s3Sa. 81. was
read and approved.
The next thing In order WAS the cleo
tion Of President for the ensuing year.
hen Price and +. Fleinming were placed
In nomination and Mr.. Price receiving
a majority Of votes cast on the flrst ;,al.
lot wins declared elected. Mr.. ". Il.
I.oring WAS unanimously elected Vice
President l.. Il. liraxhcr and II. q.
Rock were elected by reclamation Sec
rrtary aud Treasurer respectively.
Mcssrs. Gregory, Hatch aud Hills
were elected by acclainaiion Executive
Committee.
On motion Of Mr.. Aver . vote Of
thanks WAS rendered Messts. Gregory
and Brashcr for the efficient manner In
which they fulfilled the duties of their
respective Offices during the past year.
Applications for membership were
received from II. T.. Peck. John A.
Wi,trr. l.. $. Bloomfield. William A.
Keller and 4. Aichcr. All were elected
members Of tho Association excepting
Mr. Peck. who failed To receive the
requisite number of votes.
On motion OF Mr. Gregory George $.
Wittrr WAS allowed TO vote the proxy Of
John A. wtttrr.
Mr.. Z. T. Aver resigned his member.
ship In the Association In favor Of
Arthur Il. Critchlow.
On motion of Mr.. Hatch three Round.
up Captains were elrcte,i-une for the
Lower White river. one for the south
side Of the river and one for the north
side Of the river. Aessrs. Hatch.
Critchio~ and Gregory were elected
Captains Of the three districts In the
order named.
A committee composed Of Mcssrs.
Hatch. Hills. ficmming. blair. Rock.
Criichlow. IIcfIton. Loring and Dcndy
were appointed To fix date for the round
up and the details connected Herewith.
Tho Executive Committee was IN.
sirucied to pay the bill Of the lianRc
Association.
On motion Of Geo. $. wii,cr Article
vi, Sec. 3. was amended 10 ~ TO In.
clude stations.
The amended section will now read:
"s.c. 3. The Captain Of the Round
Up shall bc required TO enforce the
State laws In relation to bulls and stall
lions on the range as provided by Sec.
1877. page ~. Revised Statues. lss3."
The above section refers 10 scrub
stock running on the range.
On motion Of Mr.. Hills Sec. 9 Of
Article vi. WAS repealed. This section
refers to the taking up Of bulls during
the winter. Bulls will now lie allowed
to run on the range winter and summer.
After the transaction Of routine bisi-
ness the meeting adjourned sine die.